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Speaking about Autism

RoOkin

I have offered to speak about ‘Autism & the lived experience of individuals’… but I don’t really know what to say.


I’ve been told it’s going to be 45-60 mins long. 

I just feel like saying ‘Hello, I’m Autistic. Any Questions?’

Confused

Parents

  • Even people who have autistic kids form generalizations and assumptions to categorize everyone in those conversations. It's understandable knowing they have busy lives and other stuff to deal with so their understanding is pretty minimal unless their literal career is working with aspies and autists.

    We vary so heavily there's rarely enough time in the year to understand each individual to the level we understand each other... the difficult thing is describing that understanding.

    Personally, I'd rather read about first-hand accounts and autobiographies from aspie writers and books written by professionals on the subject and keep it to myself, only bringing it up when looking for help with something relevant.

    If they don't see it in me, not important to talk about.

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  • Even people who have autistic kids form generalizations and assumptions to categorize everyone in those conversations. It's understandable knowing they have busy lives and other stuff to deal with so their understanding is pretty minimal unless their literal career is working with aspies and autists.

    We vary so heavily there's rarely enough time in the year to understand each individual to the level we understand each other... the difficult thing is describing that understanding.

    Personally, I'd rather read about first-hand accounts and autobiographies from aspie writers and books written by professionals on the subject and keep it to myself, only bringing it up when looking for help with something relevant.

    If they don't see it in me, not important to talk about.

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